" MAY MAPLE - SCARLET TANAGER "
Robert Bateman

950 Signed & Numbered Lithograph Print
8.5" x 15.25"
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Hand Signed by Robert Bateman

Robert Bateman - May Maple Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea

" The scarlet tanager is perhaps the most vivid, almost tropical-looking bird of the
temperate zone. He seems out of place in the green deciduous forests of the
northeast, but that is where he belongs. The red is really what I call vermilion,
a sort of orange red rather than scarlet. It seems to be lit from within,
even on dull days.

Each year my first view of this bird is in midspring, just as the maple leaves begin to
push out of their buds. They are usually wrinkled and rusty as they start to unfold. The
sugar maple flowers are already in full bloom, but they are seldom noticed by people.
If, however you examine them closely, you will find them very spectacular in a diminutive
way. I feel that the long dangling stamens fit with the opulent look of the tanager."
Robert Bateman

Piranga olivacea

May Maple Scarlet Tanager - Robert Bateman

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